Team Biographies
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Founders:

• Jeff Greason
  Chief Executive Officer
• Dan DeLong
  Vice President and Chief Engineer
• Doug Jones
  Chief Test Engineer
• Aleta Jackson
  Manager

Additional Company Principals:

• Randy Baker
  Controller
• Andrew Nelson
  Chief Operating Officer

Board of Directors

• Jeff Greason
• Dan DeLong
• Stephen Fleming
• Esther Dyson
• Lee Valentine

Test Pilots

• Richard Searfoss
• Dick Rutan

Aleta Jackson
Co-Founder, Chief Technician, and Office Manager

Loretta “Aleta” Jackson is one of XCOR’s founders. She is a technician, editor, and an engineering drawing/parts inspector in addition to being the company archivist, personnel manager and “mom” to the shop crew. She was formerly employed by Rotary Rocket Company where her duties included managing the systems engineering and technical documentation.

Aleta has over 30 years experience in research and development within the aerospace community, starting with McDonnell Douglas on the Gemini program where she was an electronics-packaging designer. She spent several years with Electron Emissions Systems as a microcircuit research technician and 10 years with Xerox Corporation as a field technician.  She has more than 10 years experience as a professional editor and writer, and has been published in the Washington Post, ANALOG, and other magazines. She attended Indiana Institute of Technology and Arizona State University majoring in mechanical engineering. Aleta was the first woman to fly in the X-Racer.